Tre Stokes (Nick Cannon) is a young Los Angeles cop is called upon by his boss, Captain Victor Delgado (Cheech Marin), to go undercover to investigate a student's murder at an elite prep school. Tre's street-smarts don't come in handy when he tries to inflitrate a group of rich, smart students who are under suspicion for murder. When Tre makes the school's steetball team, he gets closer to the killer but uncovers an even bigger ring of criminals.